{"id":62956,"date":"2022-10-17T20:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T20:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2022\/10\/17\/us-transportation-command-favors-buying-used-sealift-ships\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:44:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:44:41","slug":"us-transportation-command-favors-buying-used-sealift-ships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/naval\/2022\/10\/17\/us-transportation-command-favors-buying-used-sealift-ships\/","title":{"rendered":"US Transportation Command favors buying used sealift ships"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>This story has been updated to add that U.S. Transportation Command would be interested in new purpose-built sealift ships as a longer-term solution to recapitalizing the fleet but is focused on buying used ships as a near-term solution.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The head of U.S. Transportation Command is focused on recapitalizing the nation\u2019s sealift fleet with used vessels, rather than designing and building new ones as suggested by a congressional panel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The average ship in the sealift fleet is 46 years old, and Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost said Friday that the Navy and the Transportation Department are facing increasingly large maintenance bills for these ships, which would move about 90% of vehicles and materiel to a conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ustranscom.mil\/cmd\/panewsreader.cfm?ID=973737B3-9761-C602-25A1C9F7E18EAD52&#038;yr=2022\" target=\"_blank\">Transportation Command has noted<\/a> that 37 of the 50 large roll-on\/roll-off vessels in the sealift fleet \u2014 many converted car carriers that would haul heavy platforms and gear into theater \u2014 are set to retire in the next decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2019, Congress approved a plan to buy seven used vessels as one step in recapitalizing this fleet, much of which was built following sealift failures in the Gulf War and is now nearing the end of its planned service life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A vessel acquisition manager bought two of these vessels, but today\u2019s hot commercial market has left the government unable to buy the next two for which Congress appropriated money. The manager had selected the next two vessels for purchase, but those ships were pulled off the market due to increasing commercial shipping demands, Van Ovost said<b>.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The general noted she wants to continue buying used vessels at a consistent rate of two per year, and perhaps at a higher rate if the market cools and the government can afford to recapitalize faster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Asked about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/naval\/2022\/06\/23\/house-defense-bill-wants-new-us-built-ships-to-modernize-the-strategic-sealift-fleet\/\" target=\"_blank\">possibility of designing and building new sealift ships<\/a>, she said that although \u201ceverybody loves that new ship smell,\u201d continuing with the buy-used plan provides better bang for the buck. A TRANSCOM spokesman later added that the new ships would be welcome down the line but that TRANSCOM is focused on the buy-used strategy currently authorized by Congress as a way to field capability on a shorter timeline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under the proposal in the House\u2019s version of the fiscal 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, the Maritime Administration, which is part of the Transportation Department, would design and build up to 10 ships in a U.S. shipyard. For that plan to be implemented, the Senate must also agree, and Congress would have to add funding to the department\u2019s budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDo we really need it, is the question, and then do we have the capacity here in America to build that ship? And the balance of resources and return on investment \u2014 what does that look like?\u201d Van Ovost said. \u201cFrom the bang-for-the-buck [perspective], you get a 15-year-old ship, and that\u2019s got some real bang for the buck. It\u2019s like buying a used car versus buying that new car: When it comes off the lot, you lose 20% [of its value]. So we\u2019re going to continue forward with the vessel acquisition manager, we have the funding.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though the first attempt to buy the third and fourth used vessels didn\u2019t pan out, she said the money from Congress won\u2019t expire for a few more years. The government is looking for suitable options on the market and will have the money in hand when an opportunity arises, she explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Van Ovost said a Mobility Capability Requirements Study validated the square footage of sealift capacity the military needs for various operational plans, which means her command has a good understanding of its needs compared to the state of the fleet today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen they\u2019re on the move, they work great,\u201d she said of the aging ships. 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